| Venue: | SCOTUS |
| Facts: | Wickard raises winter wheat for his own consumption on his own farm. The Agricultural Adjustment Act says he has to pay a penalty for growing this surplus wheat. |
| Posture: | Unspecified |
| Issue: | Does Art. I § 8 give Congress the power to enact a law that regulates private use of home-grown crops under the umbrella of interstate commerce? |
| Holding: | Yes. |
| Rule: | Just because it's local doesn't mean it's not commerce, and congress is empowered to decide what affects interstate commerce, whether directly or indirectly. |
| Reasoning: | Consumption of homegrown wheat causes variations in the availability of the crop on an interstate basis. Just because this one person's effect is small doesn't mean it's not real: if everyone did this, we'd have big troubles. Interstate wheat commerce is a big deal. |
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